New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-12-07
KN1CKERBOCKER VIRTUES.
or NICHOLAS HoNoRs ITS ANCESTORS.

nor,es of their Dutch ancestry at banquet at DEF
msnioos. followed by the choicest OF p"s'pfano''i
ostory which convinced every body present mat Oh al
ancestors Dutch ancestors are the best To quicken 'Ho
,n,,e,nation In recalling the COED old days stad ana
..aate looking negroes, clad in picturesque CO.
lsnizl lysyies made TO pose statueiike' ABOUT
The banquet hall. and when the gesd Things
~ IN. f.as, had been consumed, Dutch clay pipes With
handles as long the psdgrees of most OF those pres
eu uer. passed around and out of respect Tor
t..,e many OF the jewellers eschev Ell the fragrant
Usvanas and So oksd " the weed divine in pipes
The dinner was fhe enc in every respect The csre
many whicn preceded the assault on the edibes wa
,mposi.r trumpeter in Knicserb0oser uniior~'
rla,in. lu,tilr headed re procession followed by
another ri ,mesqusy clad Negro bearing aloft brass
,.,cr which did duty as weather vana on The hrst
Got. House ercc' ed in New-YsIk and which was pre-
sspted TO the society by Washington living
guest table presided ever by the president wereJ
G. Mills MaisrGen.ra schohed. Chauncey VI Depew'
Bishsp Potter, JUG % Lawrence. Mayer Hewitt Bryce
Gray ex-Judgc Horace Russell H. W. o. Ea5e' L. ''
IewisJ t. Cuamisgs, exJudge Noah DAVIS captain
A. T. Cooke the Rev. DR.. r. Terry. p W tryoue' PreS
dent OF socsty o. the Cincnatti ana eN-J"uSs h'""hu
Anon. others present were General j. l. LscAnah john
Tucn. Al. in = Fox. C. Van santvoord Jucs' c. H.
Van Brunt. C. r. Flint, = o. Gleason {. L. SIMMONS
II A. Rogers George H. Montague ]. ID. Nermilye,
George A. Myer, ". g. Hamilton, Judge Patterson.
J. seavar PAGE. j. W. Bseknian d. ". Bishop. colonel
Wagstaa General Vaa Welt. the Rev DR.. DuIyee l. f.
IIolbrsoks and e1-Postmasts- James
BcfsIr the attack ON the dinner began the officers
elected for the daily installed by the
installation committee consisting OF De Lanccy Nico!l
and j. Adriance Bush Tho officers we've: President.
John C. Mills; vice presidents. James Wilhaa Beekmd1,
stuyvesalt Fish Fred nc j. dc Peyser and ChauEcey
NJ Dspsv treasurer. Edward schell; secretary, Charles
A. schermeThorn; assistant secretary. Joan b. Pine
chapains. the cv DR.. Thomas L. NernIlys and Bishop
Potter; physicians DR.. Abram Dubois and
Dr T. MatlocS Chessmau; consulting pny'i-
clans. DR. Gouverneur VI. Saith and DIR.
Stephen V. II. b CERT Carlisle Norwood. jr;
j. Benedict oakley and AusteR G. Fox and Edward y.
Taller stewards, = Franklin stanton AMI j. seavsr
Page. As each officer installed he was invested
with the ns.sia OF Office and besdss treated 10
an appropriate little speoca by "a Larccy Nicoll or Mr.
Bush in which sage counsel seasoned with wit
1nE FLOW OF ORATORY Begins.
II was nearly 10 o'clock vhen the flaw Of oratory
began The historic rooster again brought 10 with
flourish Of trumpsts and placed on the centre OF ths
guest table TLcu President Mills deEnsd tue cscsed
La and looking The incarnation OF knckerDocker dig
nifty. iccitous opsnin. actress. which coma aed
some higay gratifying siaslica in'ormaue". ~ wit.
t,at the society has 500 Terasnest fund 81
$4,000 and rot dollar OF Indebtedness.
The first regular toast Of the evening: est Nichols;
let me he child again" was responded ooy Judge
Lawrence. Men," he said. ARE bat chl iren o.
larger growth and the Of manhood are Dht
playthings worth but little when attained Some
the headed lallsnalfes Cl"p VI tIiS
sentiment. but some Of the younger members looked lh
Gus and Judge Lawrence proceeded % restore
them 20 good hunior by relating funny story
The next toast The President OF the
United States 1t was Tsspos led 10 by
cheering and waving OF hanskechiets which
subsidized letter read in which the President
curly announced his regret that he could hot he
present
Bishop Potter next smoke for the state of Nsw-Yosk
The state Of Ns~York. he said owed much If not all of
It's prosperity the broad foundations which were laid
10y Its Dutch ancestry; all allegations ts the contrary
bv the New-Euglsnd Society notwithstanding. This
and funny stories put the ssbes Of ST. Nicholas
in excellent humor with themselves and the speaker
MAYOR HEWITT SPEAKS FOR THE CITY.
1t Mayor H-witts to peak for the next toast
"Our city, jealous OF none. with the rsat hand OF fell
lowsa!p for ali" Mr. Hewitt thought thai the city
dang very we'll From personal experience he could
testify that its public dinners were not detsrorating
and that its liquors had improved siace tae hrst of
January last. Bishop Poters cl.th did no; save him
from the butt OF some OF the Mayors COED
hunorsd wit santwichsd in between many gems OF
caoTy was a little statistical Information to
the effect that although the eilys pspu-
lstioDEz had been multiplied siIty-thrss
tNcs its paupers aud criminal and lunacs had been
multiplied ouly thirty times Wherefore Mr. Hewitt de-
fed anybody TO prsye that .he city going TO inc
devil by any orthodox unorihsdsk In fact. the
city of NeSYork had vastly improved In proof OF
this he quoted this frsm newspaper 100 years old "A
foreigner that there few cities that lie has
been III where there less energy 10 the naturalization
Of the place than in New-Ysrk The corporation laws
are good enforced Constant complaints in the
newspapers hays had but little effect IN curing the
evil"
Mr. Hewitt observed that constant complaints were as
old srginr sin. aud neDedy but Bishop Potter could
tell how old that NeuYsrk. he saii was founded
the simple primo ple 81 making all that possible
Of the natives first AID after that out OF the rest of
ths wsrld. aad had prospersd accordingly speaking
serieuslv, lie said that Nsw-fork exhibited
broader and more catholic spirit than
any city The world probably because Of s cossoDo-
The Rev. Mr. Terry spoke /, fse.tious vein in 70
secured al is price sacrifices liberty Of cor
science and the ndeIeneence of tne state" III. cen
e.unnei to two Of Iis products cheese and sin the
formsr from sypens9ss u: xSsy .1..r DID
.oTo he concluded. he ,p.ke in highly
ance Dutch Conservatism II he socl"tv would lake
HUI. AMI MS paysicsi irane ras last stunning parh
propOrols he would Willingly Decone one o It's adopted
sous.
The POWER or THE ARMY AND NAYr.
A ssn< cane next and then M-j'r-Gsnerh sehoheld
was cscl 20 respond for the next toast Tie Army
All Navy: Tacr courage and patriotism are equal TO
every trial AMI dangar" Mr. Mills sxpsned that Sen
srsl schsSeil had snly undertakes the army part
Of the contract. General sch1hsli said that the
czea cared very little about the lt~ army OF
the USiei tsts, and for the foriihcaIons he PROB
ably thought hat weren't any, AID he was about
right Then Geseral schoasld exercised their imasi-
nation 70 Ger ng the probable effects Of 900 psnnd
dynamite bpmt iird from of sandy Hook dsppns INTO
tho Produce X uan.. and csnsideIed what sort o. bar
risr Valor aid patriotism would offer 10 "
por,ani fsct MAJ mos. Interests OF the Nation tAst
address tcussye, to ID. NatiOn At sres take care ~"
Nenselves 5d tHat those taa address theinstF" sny
10 the lev are negler - unless those few ook aor
hes." lie heral lie drew from this va, that " New
YORK wautel to be preiecIse by ana i9.rs
eood be ~ question OF the nced oil then, He"-i va
must AK To- them ana howl FOR ibcm " heceeSSly